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a pre-trial meeting was held for the case of internet celebrity luo damei being kidnapped and murdered by an acquaintance. the family members said that the suspect had no intention of admitting guilt.

2024-09-07

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liu shipeng, reporter of overview news

in october last year, the news that luo damei, a million-fan internet celebrity in nanyang, henan, was killed attracted widespread attention. according to media reports, at the end of august last year, luo damei's family called the police. in early september last year, luo damei's body was found in a cellar in nanzhao, henan, and three suspects in the case were arrested. at 3 pm on september 6, 2024, a pre-trial meeting was held at the nanzhao county people's court. the reporter from zonglan news (reporting wechat: zlxwbl2023) learned from luo damei's mother that at the meeting, the family requested to retrieve the call content and chat records of the three suspects, but did not receive a response at the meeting. in addition, the trial date of the case has not yet been determined.

according to media reports, luo damei's real name is shang moumou, and she was only in her 30s when she was killed. luo damei studied female voice when she was studying at an opera school. after the rise of short video platforms, luo damei became popular on the internet for playing a costume beauty who was "more beautiful than a woman". she has nearly 3 million fans on major short video platforms. after becoming an internet celebrity, luo damei was busy shooting videos, selling cosmetics live, and performing in performance venues and scenic spots.

photos of luo damei dressed as a woman. (source/luo damei's short video account)

according to media reports, on july 9, 2023, luo damei posted her last circle of friends and told her family on wechat that she had to go out and "hide" if she had something to do, and not to send messages if she had nothing to do. on august 28, luo damei's family felt something was wrong, so they called the police; on august 31, three suspects were arrested, and the principal offender in the case was a friend of luo damei; in early september, luo damei's body was found in a cellar in nanzhao county. according to reports, in early july, the suspect coerced luo damei to nanzhao county, nanyang city and controlled her. the suspect originally planned to extort more than 100,000 yuan from luo damei, but after controlling luo damei, he robbed her and forced her to transfer millions of yuan one after another. according to luo damei's friends, luo damei was born in a grassroots family and was often eager to help others. when someone he didn't know asked him to borrow money, he would transfer thousands or tens of thousands to them, and none of them had ever paid back the money.

the reporter of zonglan news found that luo damei's short video account currently has 1.27 million fans. the account is currently controlled by luo damei's sister. since december 2023, 4 videos have been released, all of which are in memory of luo damei. the account profile wrote that her brother luo damei was killed in nanzhao county, nanyang city in the early morning of july 7, 2023. the case is under further investigation. the comment area of ​​the account has been opened as a place for fans to commemorate. the reporter saw that many netizens left messages in the video comment area, caring about the latest developments of the case.

luo damei's short video account. (source/internet)

at 3 pm on september 6, a pre-trial meeting was held at the nanzhao county people's court for the murder of luo damei, with luo damei's family and attorney present. luo damei's mother told the zonglan news reporter that because the family reported the case to the police more than 50 days after luo damei was murdered, she believed that in more than 50 days, the three suspects had enough time to collude with each other, so she hoped that law enforcement officers would retrieve the call records and wechat chat records of the three suspects during this period, but this request did not receive a clear response at the meeting.

luo damei's mother said that several defendants also attended the pre-trial meeting, "but they had no attitude of admitting guilt, they kept making excuses," and kept asking for the exclusion of illegal evidence. luo damei's family requested that the case be tried in public, but the defendants disagreed. the trial date for the case has not yet been determined.